IPL 2017: RPS vs SRH, 5 things that went wrong for Sunrisers Hyderabad

MSD’s 34-ball 61 helped RPS to a crucial win

The Rising Pune Supergiant registered their third win of the tournament by defeating the Sunrisers Hyderabad at Pune in a thrilling encounter that went down to the wire. SRH were put into bat first and got off to a slow start. However, a 21-ball partnership of 47 between Moises Henriques and Deepak Hooda propelled the Sunrisers Hyderabad to a total of 176/3 in their 20 overs.

In reply, RPS lost Ajinkya Rahane early but a brilliant partnership of 72 between Rahul Tripathi and Steve Smith kept RPS in the game before both got dismissed. When it seemed that the Sunrisers Hyderabad might win it, MS Dhoni finally came to life by smashing the SRH bowlers to all parts of the ground.

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Dhoni reached his maiden half-century of the tournament and finished the match by smashing a sensational boundary through extra cover. The win took Rising Pune Supergiant to the fourth position in the standings while SRH missed their opportunity to reach the top 2 of the table.

Here are five things that went wrong for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the match.

#5 Bipul Sharma dropping Rahul Tripathi in the fifth over

Bipul Sharma’s dropped catch of Rahul Tripathi turned out to be quite costly

Bipul Sharma was brought in to play today’s match against the Rising Pune Supergiant in place of Yuvraj Singh who was feeling unwell. Sharma got off to a good start, giving away only two runs in his first over and getting the important scalp of Rahane in the first ball of his next over.

However, his second over was ruined by Steve Smith and Rahul Tripathi who hit two boundaries off his bowling but things got even worse for Sharma in the very next over.

Mohammed Siraj bowled a bouncer to Tripathi who got a top edge in an attempt to hook the delivery. The resultant edge travelled to Bipul Sharma who ran in from short fine leg, only to put down a difficult attempt. Tripathi was batting on just 17 at that time and Sharma’s drop proved costly as he went on to score a sensational 59 from just 39 deliveries.